Combined kettle and strainer.



G. H. BAUMANN.

COMBINED KETTLE AND STRAINER.

APPLICATION FILED APR1B| 1916.

Patented Apr. 24, 1917.

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GEORGE I-I. BAUMANN, OF MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN.

COMBINED KETTIJE AND STRAINER.

Application led April 18, 1916.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, GEORGE H. BAUMANN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State of`Wisconsin, have invented new and useful Improvements in CombinedKettles and Strainers, of which the following is a specification.

rThis invention is an improved combined kettle and strainer for boilingand straining potatoes, and other vegetables, or food substances and foralso straining the same, the object of the invention being to provide animproved cooking utensil of this kind embodying an outer vessel having ahandle, an inner, strainer vessel also having a handle and adapted to beplaced in and removed from the outer vessel, and means to detachablysecure the inner and outer vessels togethcr when the handles thereof arearranged in line with each other, as hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings Figure l is a sectional perspective view ofa combined cooking and straining vessel constructed and arranged inaccordance with my invention and showing said vessels locked together.

F 2 is a detail plan, showing the vessels arrangedin unlocked position,ready to be detached from each other.

Fig. 3 is a detail sectional view on the plane indicated by the line 3 3of Fig. 1.

rThe outer vessel l may be in the form of a kettle, sauce pan, or thelike, is provided on one side with a pouring spout 2, and also has ahandle 3, which projects outwardly4 from one side. A pair of lockinglugs 4, 5, are arranged on the outer side of and eX- tend upwardly fromthe vessel 1 and are opposite each other, the lug 4 being above theinner end of the handle 3. Said lugs have oppositely extending openslots G.

The inner vessel 7 is here shown as a strainer, provided with aperforated bottom 8, the inner vessel is adapted to lit snugly in theouter vessel, has a handle 9 which eX- tends outwardly from one side andalso has a catch l() which extends from the oppo- Speeiication ofLetters Patent.

Patented Apr. 24E, 191'?.

serial No. 91,931.

site side, said catch being secured on the inner side of the wall ofsaid vessel 7.

Vihen the vessel is arranged in the vessel l, and turns so that itshandle 9 is directly over the handle 3, the handle 9 engages in the slot4of the lug 4L and the catch l0 engages in the slot of the lug 5 so thatsaid vessels are detachably locked together. By first turning the innervessel to bring its handle out of line with the handle 3, the innervessel becomes unlocked from the outer vessel and hence may be liftedtherefrom. The act of lifting the inner vessel from the outer vessel,causes the potatoes, or other food substances in the inner vessel to bestrained, as will be understood, so that they are ready to be put in adish. This obviates the necessity of tilting the kettle to pour off thewater from the potatoes, or other food substances.

lVhen the inner vessel is in locked position in the outer vessel withits handle directly over that of the outer vessel, both handles may begrasped when using the kettle, and each handle reinforces the other.

Having described the invention, what is claimed is: l

The herein described combined kettle and strainer comprising an outervessel, a lug on the outer side of the` outer vessel, projectingupwardly therefrom and provided in one side with an open slot, a handlefor the outer vessel having a downturned portion at its inner endbearing against the outer side of the lower portion ofvsaid lug, commonfastening devices for said lug and the downturned end of said handle andsecuring said lug and handle to said outer vessel, in combination withan inner vessel detachably fitted in the outer vessel and also having` ahandle to enter slot of said lug to lock the vessels together when theirhandles are in line with each other.

In testimony whereof I ailix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE H. BAUMANN. Witnesses:

RICHARD ELsNEn, EVANGELINE ELsNnR.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, ID. C.

